Tough-guy Terence

IRVING – Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman says he’ll play Thursday against Seattle because he doesn’t want to be a “wimp.”

After Newman played Sunday against the Niners with a strained groin, I’m sure nobody’s going to accuse him of that.

Newman arrived at Texas Stadium fairly sure he wasn’t going to play against San Francisco.

“I woke up and was walking around and I felt it pulling,” Newman said Monday. “I told (trainer) Jim (Mauer), ‘Man, it’s kind of tight.’ So I went and kind of worked out to see how I felt. I was running and planting, and then I just got mad and said, ‘Hey, I am going to play. I don’t care.’ ”